Title

Author(s)

Document Type

Journal Article

Date of this Version

2-2011

Publication Source

Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care

Volume

40

Issue

1

Start Page

12

Last Page

20

DOI

10.1016/j.hrtlng.2009.12.003

Abstract

Background

Self-care management in heart failure (HF) involves decision-making to evaluate, and actions to ameliorate symptoms when they occur. This study sought to compare the risks of all-cause mortality, hospitalization, or emergency-room admission among HF patients who practice above-average self-care management, those who practice below-average self-care management, and those who are symptom-free.

Methods

A secondary analysis was conducted of data collected on 195 HF patients. A Cox proportional hazards model was used to examine the association between self-care management and event risk.

Conclusion

Symptomatic HF patients who practice above-average self-care management have an event-free survival benefit similar to that of symptom-free HF patients.

Copyright/Permission Statement

NOTICE: This is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Heart & Lung. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms, may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Heart & Lung, 2011, 40(1), 12-20, doi: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2009.12.003.